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- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.
difficult to attract to the public sector, especially with the salary constraints typical of civil services. Accordingly, if the government decides to manage the activity, it may also, through various methods, have to take steps to obtain... View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
Journal reporter Geeta Anand. An early version of the story is also told in the HBS case, “A Father’s Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,” by HBS professor Richard Bohmer and Bradley Campbell (MBA ’02). Crowley gave the film “two thumbs... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
wheels of the company turning while working out of the public gaze to the CEO as a man or woman with a mixture of charm, guile, brilliance, and cruelty who remakes the industry and in some cases society as a whole and in the process... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
center made discrimination easier, according to Luca's research. In response to the research and growing public pressure, hosts now only see a guest's profile photo once a booking is confirmed. Additionally, the company updated its... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Abstract—Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–-2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
Europe who instilled in his son a deep appreciation for public service and the importance of giving back. Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies works to improve lives by focusing on the arts, education, the environment, government innovation,... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
sudden rise of new entrants, especially Germany. The study shows that natural resource endowment is a poor explanatory variable for this geographical skewing. Public policy was a more important factor, although its impact was nuanced. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic problems in governance that affected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
Why did you come in late on Tuesday? Did you really need an hour and a half for lunch on Wednesday? Why wasn't that report done by Thursday? For most of us, justifying our schedules is an expected part of the job. But what employee hasn't... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50159 forthcoming Psychological Science under Scrutiny: Recent Challenges and Proposed Solutions Toward Transparent Reporting of Psychological Science By: LeBel, Etienne P.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Executive compensation
people including private and public company executives. MSCI: GMI Ratings, formerly known as Corporate Library, offers annual historical data captures for each proxy year beginning in 2001. Information includes compensation. In... View Details
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
activity, and even when provided with free supplies, people continue to wash their hands without soap—if they wash their hands at all. “If you look at these public health initiatives, you see that they are often a complicated combination... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
Hedge funds, like venture funds, do not reveal performance. But they should be required to do so. Hedge funds don't really hedge; mainly they sell short as well as buy long; and they are very aggressive in the marketplace, taking strong positions and moving money very... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that... View Details
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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Cases... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/pomalco.pdf Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman Publication:Stanford Social Innovation Review (summer 2011) An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
organization, and then wrote reports that our team would provide to the target company. Much of what I wrote about dealt with issues that are common in Asia, from a lack of governance that met global standards, human capital resource... View Details